lord knows

lord knows
i've been patient
collecting your drops
in teacup laughs
to drink on a
dry day

lord knows
i've been patient
waiting for that tinge
of your bated breath
to savor on my
cautious tongue

time takes me everywhere
when i am everyone


lord knows
i've been impatient
flipping your pages
with hurried eyes
to pass by
the dull day

lord knows
i've been impatient
cookie cutting
your complexities
into narrow
forked paths

but time takes you everywhere
when you are everyone

lord knows
i've been patient
gathering twigs
for our cinder truths
to burn on a
cold day

lord knows
i've been patient
dreaming of
my second coming
to trace me back onto
your saintly skin

and lord knows
what you and i know

that time will take us everywhere
when we are everyone